In 2018, Boeing was awarded a $1.5 billion contract under the Foreign Military Sales program for the production and delivery of 22 F/A-18E and six F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Kuwaiti government. Boeing had also previously received a $1.165 billion contract to provide engineering services, along with radar warning receivers and aircraft armament equipment, for production of the aircraft.

The F/A-18 Hornet attack aircraft is the first strike fighter designed for the U.S. Armed Forces, and is designed for traditional strike operations and air support. Kuwait will use the aircraft for homeland defense and to replace its aging aircraft.